Very Computer

I'm attempting to install Linux 2.4.5 on my RedHat 6.1 system,
but once I've installed it and booted it up I cannot seem to
load any modules.

Having discovered this and retraced my steps I still couldn't
work out why. I then took a peek a my modules.dep and it was
empty! And I've no idea why...

My kernel build process was this:

make menuconfig
make dep
make modules
make bzImage
make modules_install

I then copied bzImage across to a floppy disc (dd'd it) and
booted up.

No modules installed. They're all there in /lib/modules/2.4.5
but I can't load (I assume 'cos modules.dep is empty)

I booted back in 2.2.14-5.0 and redid it all, but this time
did a make install and simply tried from the hard drive.

Once again it booted, but I still couldn't load any modules.

Have I missed out a vital step? As far as I know there's nothing
funny about my machine - nearly a clean RH 6.2 installation. I
downloaded 2.4.5 from kernel.org.

help!

Cheers,

  Ollie Tupman

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make dep
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install

Ujwal

Quote:> Hi there,
> I'm attempting to install Linux 2.4.5 on my RedHat 6.1 system,
> but once I've installed it and booted it up I cannot seem to
> load any modules.
> Having discovered this and retraced my steps I still couldn't
> work out why. I then took a peek a my modules.dep and it was
> empty! And I've no idea why...
> My kernel build process was this:
> make menuconfig
> make dep
> make modules
> make bzImage
> make modules_install
> I then copied bzImage across to a floppy disc (dd'd it) and
> booted up.
> No modules installed. They're all there in /lib/modules/2.4.5
> but I can't load (I assume 'cos modules.dep is empty)
> I booted back in 2.2.14-5.0 and redid it all, but this time
> did a make install and simply tried from the hard drive.
> Once again it booted, but I still couldn't load any modules.
> Have I missed out a vital step? As far as I know there's nothing
> funny about my machine - nearly a clean RH 6.2 installation. I
> downloaded 2.4.5 from kernel.org.

-Bill
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   Ollie T.

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Gaffa tape is like the force - it has a light side
and a dark side and it holds the universe together!

Quote:>> Hi there,
>> I'm attempting to install Linux 2.4.5 on my RedHat 6.1 system,
>> but once I've installed it and booted it up I cannot seem to
>> load any modules.
>> Having discovered this and retraced my steps I still couldn't
>> work out why. I then took a peek a my modules.dep and it was
>> empty! And I've no idea why...
>> My kernel build process was this:
>> make menuconfig
>> make dep
>> make modules
>> make bzImage
>> make modules_install
>> I then copied bzImage across to a floppy disc (dd'd it) and
>> booted up.
>> No modules installed. They're all there in /lib/modules/2.4.5
>> but I can't load (I assume 'cos modules.dep is empty)
>> I booted back in 2.2.14-5.0 and redid it all, but this time
>> did a make install and simply tried from the hard drive.
>> Once again it booted, but I still couldn't load any modules.
>> Have I missed out a vital step? As far as I know there's nothing
>> funny about my machine - nearly a clean RH 6.2 installation. I
>> downloaded 2.4.5 from kernel.org.

Please make note that he is starting with a truely jurrasic system Bill,
and he is even confused about its install version in that he wuotes both
RH6.1 and RH6.2 above.

There are several other utils that must also be updated, binutils and
modutils come to mind, before its going to work.  modutils in particular
because the directory tree construction for the individual
/lib/modules/n.n.n has been totally ripped up and replanted.  His
modules.dep is empty because depmod is looking in the wrong places.

Cheers, Gene
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